Functionally characterizing obesity-susceptibility genes using CRISPR/Cas9, in vivo imaging and deep learning

Abstract Hundreds of loci have been robustly associated with obesity-related traits, but functional characterization of candidate genes remains a bottleneck. Aiming to systematically characterize candidate genes for a role in accumulation of lipids in adipocytes and other cardiometabolic traits, we...

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Main Authors: Eugenia Mazzaferro, Endrina Mujica, Hanqing Zhang, Anastasia Emmanouilidou, Anne Jenseit, Bade Evcimen, Christoph Metzendorf, Olga Dethlefsen, Ruth JF Loos, Sara Gry Vienberg, Anders Larsson, Amin Allalou, Marcel den Hoed
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-89823-2
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